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morpho scales

Biopixels: Brilliant Dots of Colour Form Exquisite Patterns in Butterfly Wings | Aeon

October 1, 2024

Ligia Coelho

A Fresh Take on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Inspired by MBL

April 19, 2024

glasswing butterfly

True Facts: The Crazy Defenses of Butterflies and Moths | Ze Frank

January 29, 2024

Blue-ringed octopus

How the Blue-Ringed Octopus Flashes its Rings | Physics Today

January 19, 2023

Squid chromatophores. Credit Roger Hanlon

Hanlon Award Aims to Reveal Dynamic Interplay of Pigments & Reflectors in Cephalopod Skin

October 27, 2022

butterflies

Toxic and Invisible: The Defenses of Transparent Butterflies | Deutsche Welle (DW)

February 8, 2022

buckeye butterfly

The Nature of Color | µChicago

July 22, 2020

Underside of artificially selected blue buckeye butterfly wing scales showing their iridiscent lamina colors.

What Do Butterflies and Bubbles Have in Common? | National Science Foundation

April 16, 2020

Longfin inshore squid

Squid Share a Colorful Trick With Peacocks | The New York Times

March 8, 2019